Registered Nurse - Wound Care

The duties of the position include but are not limited to:

• The Nurse Wound Care Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex wound care patients.
• Coordinates care by serving as an expert clinician and patient/resident advocate in wound management (which may include ostomy and continence care).
• Provides specialized wound consultation and collaboration with providers, peers, and others in health care to develop, implement, and assure continuity of individualized treatment plans throughout the continuum of care.
• Provides leadership based on an interprofessional approach to wound care to ensure implementation of effective treatment strategies and decisions.
• Coordination with local quality management/improvement and/or safety team, lnterprofessional Pressure Injury/skin Committee (IPIC) and other specialty service lines to monitor and report data (pressure injury/wound) and quality reports.
• Identifies programmatic steps to reduce risk and incidence of pressure injuries.
• Participates in the administration of education to all clinical staff to support the delivery of current, evidenced based care to assure consistency, uniformity, and quality of care.
• Monitors effectiveness of education provided and assures evidence-based current content of education.
• Defines process for procuring wound therapies, products, and supplies for the IPIC and clinical staff to facilitate timely implementation of wound treatment and management strategies.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Full-time. This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments, as this is a 24/7 hospital. Some positions require rotation of tours or indefinite work on non-administrative tours as established by the immediate supervisor. Not all duties may be listed, so other duties may be assigned.
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $85,214 Per Year (VN 00)